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Newport Wasps v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 08 May 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Michael Coles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 2* | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Mads Korneliussen | 0 | 3 | 1* | 3 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 3 | 2* | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 5 | Craig Watson | 3 | 3 | 3 | F | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 1* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 2* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | Fx | 0 | 2! | 1* | 2* | 3 | . | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Paul Clews | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Peter Carr | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 1* | 1* | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 5(g) | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Rob Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Barrie Evans | 0 | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Well if Newport produced a shock away win last night at Workington they were on the wrong end of another shock result this afternoon when Stoke beat them on their own track. Like last night though it was injuries which proved crucial with Krister Lund being taken to hospital with a back injury then Craig Watson falling and suffering a suspected broken ankle. Newport were at full strength but Stoke again had Rusty Harrison as a guest at number 5 for Jan Staechmann. Newport seemed to start well enough, though with 5-1s in the opening two heats with no sign of the drama to come although in the first heat Alan Mogridge had fallen and been excluded from the rerun. The next two heats were shared and the score after heat 4 was 16-8. Alan Mogridge fell again in heat 5 but remounted as Newport hammered in another 5-1 from Korneliussen and Collins to put the Wasps 12 ahead at 21-9. Stoke gave Rusty Harrison a TR in heat 6 and he duly obliged by winning the heat from Michael Coles and Tony Atkin. Atkin had come in as a reserve replacement as Krister Lund had gone off to hospital with a back injury although it’s not clear what he did to cause it. The 3-6 pulled three points back for Stoke who now trailed 24-15. Following this heat there was an interval while the track, which had tuend into a dust bowl, was watered. Craig Watson won heat 7 to share the points then Alan Mogridge took a Tactical Substitue ride from 15 metres back in heat 8 replacing Barrie Evans. Paul Clews won the heat but Mogridge got passed Ezergailis to double his one point and Stoke took a 2-5 to get back to six points in arrears. Rusty Harrison won heat 9 for a shared heat then Peter Carr and Robbie Kessler took a 1-5 in heat 10 ahead of Michael Coles as Stoke closed the gap to two points at 33-31. Wins for Craig Watson and Mads Korneliussen were only good for shared heats in heats 11 and 12 then disaster struck for Newport in a big way in heat 13. Craig Watson fell on the third bend after hitting the fence and was removed from the track by ambulance with a suspected broken ankle. In the rerun Harrison and Mogridge took a 1-5 which not only wiped out Newport’s lead but put the Potters two in front at 40-42. with two heats to go. Neil Collins beat Robbie Kessler in heat 14 with Tony Atkin third to tie the scores at 44-44. In heat 15 Alan Mogridge beat Neil Collins for the three points with Rusty Harrison holding off Mads Korneliussen to give Stoke a victory which hardly seemed likely after heat 5. Match Report by Merlin |